Area News Highlights

The start of something new for Arcola and CGB! Keep it growing! Great to have the athletes and coaches over from CGB! Go Riders!! Facebook photos Bement and Cerro Gordo School Boards approve football co-op on Tuesday, July 29 By Ben Crane With just two weeks remaining before the start of football practice, the Arcola…

MYERS MO-DO CONCERT A SELL OUT. Unstoppable new country headliner with superstar status, 18-year old singer/songwriter/guitarist Ty Myers took the stage at the 94th Moultrie-Douglas County Fair on Saturday evening performing close to 3,000 concert-goers coming from all over Illinois as well as Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Tennesee, and his home state of Texas. Myers has…

STEFFINS WINS 2025 LITTLE MISS PAGEANT. Twelve little girls took the stage on Monday evening at the fairgrounds all hoping to be crowned the 2025 Little Miss Moultrie-Douglas County Fair Queen. Pictured is (front row) Athalia Sanchez (Arcola) 1st Runner-Up, 2025 Little Miss Moultrie-Douglas Joslynn Steffins (Tuscola), 2024 Little Miss Moultrie-Douglas Oaklee Stenger, and Reese…

CHAPMAN CAPTURES 2025 JUNIOR MISS MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS CROWN. The 2025 Junior Miss Moultrie-Douglas Pageant took place Monday evening at the fairgrounds with seven young ladies vying for the crown. Pictured is Sofia Reifsteck (Villa Grove) 1st Runner-Up, newly crowned 2025 Jr. Miss Moultrie-Douglas Quinn Chapman (Villa Grove), 2024 Jr. Miss Moultrie-Douglas Julianne Steffens, and Ava Warren…

MOORE CROWNED 2025 MISS MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS. Eleven young women competed this past Monday at the Moultrie-Douglas County Fairgrounds in Arthur on a very hot and humid summer evening. Pictured is newly crowned 2025 Miss Moultrie-Douglas Kelsey Moore (Arcola) along with Ava Whitson (Tuscola) 1st Runner-Up, 2024 Miss Moultrie-Douglas Claire Meyer, 2025 Miss Illinois County Fair Queen…

EIU BAND CAMP ATTENDEES. Four band students from Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond recently attended camp at Eastern Illinois University. Pictured are Hayden Ely, Jaidyn Edwards, Dustin Hodge and Kaitlyn Jacobs. These four, along with other band members will be attending their own ALAH marching band camp in Arthur from August 4-8. Prior to the EIU…

JFL RECEIVES DONATION. The Arthur Community Foundation presented the ALAH Knights JFL program with a check for $3,086.00 on Friday to go towards the purchase of 72 new helmets. Pictured is Beth Wiley, Foundation member, Christy Bernius, Foundation member, Luke Burket, JFL board president, and Glen Rhodes, Foundation member holding one of the new helmets.…

Three young farmer couples from central and southern Illinois were named FreshRoots Directors Cup honorees by Farm Credit Illinois. Pictured are local recipients Josh and Hannah Sawyer and their two sons of Oakley. Three young farmer couples from central and southern Illinois were named FreshRoots Directors Cup honorees this week by Farm Credit Illinois. Recipients…

Tiago farewell. The night before his flight back to his home in Argentina, a party was held at the home of Jerod and Christy Benedict, Atwood, for Rotary Exchange student Tiago Taborra who spent this past year in Arthur and who is a graduate of the Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond Class of 2025. Many of…

Ken Wright, President of the State Bank of Bement, gives a toast to Arthur R. Wilkinson celebrating his 50 years in the banking industry. By Doris Elmore Staff Writer Arthur R. (Art) Wilkinson was guest of honor at an anniversary celebration on Tuesday, July 15 congratulating him for 50 years of excellence with the State…